Listen folks, if you haven’t made up your mind by now…

Polls are an interesting piece of the election puzzle. They’re meant to give you a picture of the current state of people’s opinions. The problem, however, is that polls only tend to measure a small group in a small part of the area. When one group starts to believe that another group’s polls are not a true reflection, guess what? “We’ve got our own poll that best represents how the nation feels about the candidates!” Pretty soon, we’re bombarded with “polls a here, polls a there, polls a everywhere”. What this ends up turning into is the equivalent of throwing a freshly made cow patty into a wall and seeing what sticks. The problem, however, is that if you don’t look at what sticks right away, it will eventually slide off the wall. Barely a reminder of the statement it hoped to make.

So here’s a freshly made cow patty in my hand and I’m about to throw it into the wall of American perspectives (realclearpolitics.com):

I believe that because we’ve been conditioned for instant gratification and personal gain (a.k.a. selfishness), we’ve lost perspective for the big picture. There are leaders who want to give you what you want to keep you occupied like a toddler and their toy. Meanwhile they are busy working on long term planning for their own benefit. Doesn’t matter which side you come from, it’s been practiced on both sides while we are kept in our playrooms with our tv, xboxes, $6 coffee, cheap gas prices, and other quick satisfactions. Wake up!